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Temporary Suspension of Electronic Communications

a technology of electronic communication and suspension, applied in the computer field, can solve the problems of not being able to send electronic communications to recipients and the transmission of electronic communications may not resume after a certain tim

Active Publication Date: 2013-07-25
ACOUSTIC LP
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Benefits of technology

The patent is for a program that allows a user to temporarily suspend sending electronic communications to another person. This program allows the user to associate the person's identifier with a "suspension state," which means that they should not receive any new communications during the suspension period. The program also allows the user to transmit new communications to the person when they are ready to resume communication. The technical effect of this patent text is to provide a tool for managing communications with others in a more organized and efficient way.

Problems solved by technology

Current systems are capable of receiving requests from recipients to remove the recipients' identification from mailing lists, but are not capable of sending electronic communications to recipients after a certain time period.
However, the transmission of electronic communications may not resume after the period of time expires if the recipient does not re-subscribe receiving the electronic communications.

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[0014]Certain aspects and embodiments relate to suspending temporarily the transmission of electronic communications to a recipient in response to receiving a request from the recipient to suspend transmission for a definite period of time. Certain embodiments obviate the need to remove a recipient identification permanently from a list of recipients (i.e. by placing the recipient identification on a “do not contact” list), while also allowing recipients more control over the electronic communications transmission process.

[0015]Systems according to some embodiments can leverage data relationships between, for example, a recipient identifier (ID), an active status indicator, and a suspension status indicator, to avoid disrupting an electronic communication process. For example, an electronic communication transmission engine can formulate electronic communications for each recipient ID in a table that is associated with an active status that represents that the respective recipient i...

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Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for a transmission service to suspend temporarily transmission of electronic communications to a recipient. In one embodiment, the transmission service receives a request to suspend receiving electronic communications temporarily for a suspension period. In response, the transmission service suspends transmitting electronic communications to the recipient during the duration of the suspension period. Then, the transmission service resumes transmitting electronic communications to the recipient upon the expiration of the suspension period.

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FIELD[0001]This disclosure relates generally to computer technology, including hardware and software, that is usable to allow a transmission of an electronic message to be suspended.BACKGROUND[0002]Commercial and non-commercial entities engage in marketing campaigns to promote the sale of a variety of products and services, and / or elicit contributions. For example, retailers may distribute advertisements, fliers, mailings, electronic communications and / or other types of marketing materials to announce sales and promote the sale of items. Retailers may communicate directly with the potential customer through electronic communications such as email, social network and / or SMS messaging.[0003]Recipients of the electronic communications may wish to stop the transmission of the electronic communications for a period of time. For example, a recipient may wish to stop the transmission of electronic communications to prevent overcrowding of an inbox while on vacation or during a particular s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/173G06F15/16
CPCH04L51/12G06Q10/10G06Q50/01G06Q30/0251G06Q30/0272G06Q30/0264H04L51/212
Inventor DERNAVICH, JEFFREY S.BRETT, JASON BURKEABBOTT, MATTHEW VERNONALVARADO, DAVIDBUSLER, ERICCAI, JASONTSYMBLER, SERGEY
Owner ACOUSTIC LP